While
I was awayon
a South Florida visit Friday,
the Wall Street Journal
ran a new feature
piece spotlighting a special
listing from real estate domain pioneerRob
Grant'sAdirondackRealEstate.com
website. The property represented by
Rob's company that the WSJ showcased is
Kilkenny Lodge - a
magnificent Adirondack lodge built in
1901-02 as part of a summer compound for
William Kingsley, a New York banker
who became president of the U.S.
Trust Company.

The
lodge was selected for the spotlight in
a new interactive WSJ feature
that will be showcasing unique
properties from around the world.
Readers are invited to go online
at WSJ.com/realestate to
post their guess as to how much the
house will sell for - and when. The
Wall Street Journal will track the
Kilkenny Lodge listing for the next 6
months to see which reader comes closest
to

Rob
Grant

the
final sales price if and when the
property finds a buyer. For the record
Grant is quoted as saying he
expects the lodge to sell for close to
the $690,000 asking price in mid
or late summer.

Kilkenny
Lodge - what will Rob Grant sell it for?

The
building has over 4,200 square feet and features seven
bedrooms, six baths, hardwood floors,
wood paneling, massive stone fireplaces, a
private study and library, and a spectacular 80-foot
long porch that stretches along the entire
length of the lodge. The property is
situated on a very private 2.3 acre plot
surrounded by woods and streams with magnificent
views of the surrounding mountains.
At 690k (less than the price of a number of
individual domain sales we have seen over the
past year) I could see any one of a number
of domainer investors adding this property to
their real world asset portfolio.

While
I am playing catch up, I wanted to
congratulate Dan Kimball of DNS.com
on the sale of the managed domain
name system (DNS) services provider
he co-founded to Comodo.com.
Kimball, who also served as CEO
for DNS.com, also joins Comodo to
continue the development of its next
generation of DNS services.

Comodo
offers a range of software products for
enterprises to create trust online,
including multi-factor authentication,
and PCI/vulnerability scanning. DNS.com
plays a key role in directing and
managing Internet traffic, including the
availability and security of websites
and email. The company’s global
network of name servers helps visitors
get improved performance from websites,
content, and applications, ensuring that
websites perform optimally. The
acquisition of DNS.com gives Comodo the
ability to immediately roll out secured
DNS to the company’s large base of
business customers who require such a
solution.

Dan
Kimball
DNS.com

One other
note today - the operator of the .Org
registry - Public
Interest Registry (PIR) -
has announced
that the popular TLD has passed the 9
million registrations mark. .Org
grew over 10% in 2010 alone. Brian
Cute, CEO of .ORG, said “Hitting
the 9 million registration mark is a
testament to

both .ORG’s
reputation and its impact within the
Internet community. .ORG remains a
community-driven platform and has become
the domain of choice for organizations,
individuals, and companies to channel
their passion toward a shared purpose
with their community.”

I
have always been a fan of .orgs. They are highly
trusted by web surfers and proper keywords
for the extension are usually accompanied by a
steady flow of traffic. That being the case, the
continued rapid growth of the TLD comes as no
surprise to me.

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